Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”. It was a ruling that enabled many states to enact racial segregation ...

They chose Homer Plessy to defy the segregationists ... backed by the imprimatur of the U.S. Supreme Court. That would not change until 1954, when the Court decided in Brown v.

Though the 1875 Civil Rights Act had stated that all races were entitled to equal treatment in public accommodations, an 1883 Supreme Court ... After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision ...

Black Louisianians’ yearslong battle for equal voting representation makes its third appearance at the Supreme Court next ...

Here’s how Posner supports his position that non-lawyers should be appointed to the Supreme Court ... Posner argues that Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which held that racial segregation of public ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the conviction, and Plessy appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation's highest court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 that the state’s racial segregation ...

In the court case known as Plessy v Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of people based on race was legal, providing facilities were 'separate but equal'. These segregation ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate ... For the first time, the Supreme Court was seen to be supporting black people. After much resistance, schools in the South ...